The suspect arrested on Tuesday has been remanded in custody, the Poitiers prosecutor’s office announced on Thursday, confirming that a third person had been taken into custody at midday.
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The investigation is progressing. A man was indicted for “kidnapping and forcible confinement” and placed in pre-trial detention, Thursday March 2, as part of the investigation into the disappearance of a couple in the village of Prahecq (Deux-Sèvres), announced the public prosecutor’s office of Poitiers (Vienne). This is Tom Trouillet, a friend of the couple, aged 22, which was to house Leslie Hoorelbeke, 22, and Kevin Trompat, 21, the night they went missing in November.
A second suspect, also 22 years old and arrested on Wednesday, was kept in custody until Friday afternoon, according to the prosecutor. “A third person has been in custody since 11 a.m. today”announced the magistrate, after information from the Parisian confirmed by the gendarmerie to France Télévisions. “It is a 23-year-old man linked to Tom Trouillet”according to the prosecution. No other details have been provided at this stage. According to our information, the two police custody are taking place in Niort.